Table 2.

Screening of infectious diseases according to the geographical area:

	Central and South America	Caribbean Islands	North Africa and Middle-East	Sub-Saharan Africa	Asia
HIV, HBV, HCV, HSV, CMV, VZV, TG and TP serologies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IGRA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Parasites in feces	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Strongyloides stercolaris serology	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plasmodium spp. PCR	Amazonian region	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Trypanosoma cruzi serology	Yes	No	No	No	No
Schistosoma mansoni serology	Brasil and Venezuela	Yes	No	Yes	No

CMV cytomegalovirus, HBV hepatitis B virus, HCV hepatitis C virus, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, HSV herpes simplex virus, IGRA interferon-gamma release assays, VZV varicella zoster virus, TG Toxoplasma gondii, TP Treponema pallidum